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In a reversal of today's content publishing model, print magazines pretty soon could start looking a lot like their app equivalents. "The next redesign of our titles will see them redesigned with our tablet versions in mind," magazine publisher Future's tablet editor-in-chief Mike Goldsmith told an industry forum this month. As publishers extend their print titles to iPad, they can choose either to repurpose the paper originals, which can seem lazy and ill-suited to the touch screen, or to custom-produce interactive apps with a native interface in mind, which is expensive.

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consumers help design a store's collection. most voted items will go into production 

Range Rover just released an interactive banner iAd where users can customize and check out features.

receipts that print out recipes based on what you bought

While big-gun technology and payments companies worked on grandiose near-field communication (NFC) solutions, Starbucks shipped a basic, 2-D barcode-scanning system, built into its iPhone and Android apps. Essentially, it lets you carry your Starbucks card in your phone. The payment system debuted in January 2011 and customers seem to love it. As of April, Starbucks had processed more than 45 million mobile payments.

"Originally called Pinfluencer, Piqora was one of the first companies to offer Pinterest insights before Pinterest launched an analytics tool of its own. Its other customers include Sephora, Zappos, Etsy, Z Gallerie, Orbitz, and Steve Madden. Using an image recognition-based algorithm, Piqora can surface brand-related hashtags, images, and links from the three top visual networks, where keywords aren't enough. Hashtag-tracking technology is especially important on Instagram, where Piqora says brands have seven times more hashtags than they have followers."

really neat video talking about the future of "big data"

Starting today, Xero customers can connect their Square account and automatically import daily sales data into the program.

"Customers in the US and Canada who purchase a model from Volvo's 2015 lineup (like the new V70 seen above) will gain access to Volvo On Call, which lets you tap into tire and fuel level notifications, roadside assistance and the like, right from Volvo's iOS app."